Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Sri Lankan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sri Lankan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Swedish Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Swedish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Syrian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Syrian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current and does not reflect the recent war in Syria.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Taiwanese Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Taiwanese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Tibetan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Tibetan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ugandan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ugandan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ukrainian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ukrainian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Uruguayan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Uruguayan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Yupiat
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Yupiat, or Yup'ik, of Alaska. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Amish
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Amish. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
Utah Education Network
Uen: K Act.13: Forming Relationships Using Music & Rhythm
This instructional activity engages young scholars in learning about short vowel sounds. Connections to multicultural songs, books, music, stories, and activities immerse students into new content. Young scholars will connect letter and...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Beyond Food & Fiestas: Creating Authentic Cultural Experiences in the Classroom
As educators, we are eager to provide cultural experiences for our students. Songs, dances, traditional dress, food, and relevant objects are wonderful ways to interest students in a variety of cultures. But when you take it a step...
Other
Miscositas
An amazing site that provides the reader with a choice of English, Spanish or French activities and reading. This is a very comprehensive site filled with a gallery of educational links. Notable among these links is a list of English...
United Nations
United Nations: Introduction of Un to Children (Chinese)
These are the Chinese language pages of the UN's CyberSchool Bus site. Not as much content as the English version but pages do include resources and information about different nations and cities, UN-sponsored children's events (make a...
Yale University
Examining African American Culture Through the Use of Children's Literature
This curriculum unit is designed for third grade students to address the issue of diversity during many different core areas via the use of African-American children's literature. The unit incorporates a variety of children's books, both...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Readers' Theatre
Explore the world of Readers' Theatre with this online resource. This site features guides and scripts.
Other
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
This resource is the official homepage to the Queen's representative in Nova Scotia. Includes a biography and transcripts of speeches.
Other
Equity and Social Justice Awareness Quiz
How sensitive are you to cultural and multicultural issues? Here a quick quiz, along with classroom discussion tips, to help you explore the answer. Available online or as a downloadable document (PDF, Word).
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: A World of Myths
Students investigate how people throughout history have used myths to understand natural occurrences.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Lesson Plan: Recognizing How Another Culture Differs From One's Own
After experiencing time in Guinea, a Peace Corps volunteer shares the cultural differences of punctuality and concepts of time in this lesson plan.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: A Journey Through Art With w.h. Johnson
Discover one of our nation's great African American artists. See images of his colorful work and try out some of the suggested activities coupled with each piece.
Other
College Profiles
Features in-depth profiles with information about academic programs, athletics, campus life, and financial aid, along with geographic search, directories for honors programs, women's colleges statistics on minority enrollment and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 10: Rock Art
This module engages students in designing their own rock art. Teachers will engage students in a shared texts, The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola and Mathematics from Many Cultures by Calvin Irons, James Burnett and...